Nuked The $ 129 Thunderbolt 3 Pro cable is 2 meters long, has a black braided design. The cable supports both DisplayPort output and USB 3.1 gen 2 10Gbps data transfer. Data speeds can be up to Thunderbolt 3’s standard 40Gbps between compatible devices.
The cable appears to have quietly gone on sale last month after previously having been bundled with the Pro display XDR. Reddit thread includes discussion on why exactly it costs so much.
The $ 79.95 2-meter Belkin Thunderbolt 3 cable does n’t support DisplayPort or USB 3.1. If you used that cable to plug a MacBook Pro into a Thunderbolt dock or an external GPU, the accessory’s ports would be limited to 480Mbps USB 2.0 speeds with USB-based peripherals.
